G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN CANADA – With Ukraine and the Middle East at the forefront of discussions
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Anita Anand, welcomed the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers to Niagara-on-the-Lake on Tuesday (November 11), where they posed for a family photo before talks began.
Ministers from Ukraine, Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and other countries were also invited to this week’s meetings.
The G7 meeting is expected to place Ukraine and the Middle East high on the agenda as U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts faced headwinds.
Before the talks, Anand said she expected focused conversations with partners about the “long path forward” to peace in both regions.
The gathering followed last month’s decision to put a planned summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump on ice, after Moscow rejected an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, clouding prospects for negotiations.
The G7’s wealthy democracies had also struggled to present a united front on the Ukraine conflict at their leaders’ summit in June.
